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Court orders Mumbai builder to refund buyer for delayed flat

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has mandated two builder firms to refund Rs 1.05 crore with interest to a couple for failing to deliver their flat after full payment and selling it to someone else. In a ruling delivered last week, the commission observed that the complainants, having invested their life savings in the Mumbai project, underwent a “prolonged and egregious ordeal lasting over a decade”. The decision was made ex parte, as the builders—Universal Housing & Infrastructure and Universal Construction, along with managers Saquib Shaikh Ahmed Mukadam and Sajid Shaikh Ahmed Mukadam—did not respond to the commission.…

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Official Suspended for Illegally A-khataing 50 Properties in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: The Bengaluru West City Corporation (BWCC) has suspended assistant revenue officer KS Manjula for allegedly issuing A-khatas for over 50 properties in an unauthorized layout spanning four acres in Herohalli village, Bengaluru North taluk. The suspension order states that the electronic property identification number (EPID) of the property was unlawfully linked to another property while processing the khatas. Additionally, the land is currently involved in litigation, with a city civil court mandating that the status quo be maintained. Manjula, who worked in the Herohalli sub-division, has been suspended immediately while a departmental inquiry is conducted. The order highlights the…

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Indore Issues Notices to 47 for Building Permit Fraud

INDORE: The Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has issued notices to 47 property owners and licensed consultants for tampering with building permissions in order to evade appropriate fees and minimize future property tax obligations. This action follows a thorough examination of 300 online building permissions approved over the past two months. The discrepancies were identified within the civic body’s automated ‘deemed approval’ system, which was designed to approve building plans for smaller structures promptly, without manual intervention from municipal officials. Allegedly, applicants manipulated data to underpay building permission fees by Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000. Prakhar Singh, the additional commissioner of…

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HC nullifies Tamil Nadu law allowing registrars to block deals

MADURAI: The Madras High Court has annulled Section 34-C of the Registration Act, 1908, which was amended by Tamil Nadu in 2026. The court ruled that this section unjustly conferred sub-registrars with the authority to impede property registrations based on issues within civil court jurisdiction. A division bench comprising Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman deemed the provision unconstitutional and invalid, while accepting four writ petitions that challenged the amendment. Section 34-C prohibited the registration of documents related to immovable property unless the individuals involved presented the original document and an encumbrance certificate. Furthermore, registration was restricted in cases…

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SREI Finance Withdraws Plea on Nirmal Lifestyle’s Revival Plan

The heavily indebted realty firm, Nirmal Lifestyle (Mulund) Pvt Ltd, has seen one of its secured creditors, SREI Equipment Finance Ltd, withdraw its appeal to the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT). This withdrawal follows the resolution applicant’s clarification that the contested mortgaged property is not part of the approved plan. In April, the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal approved the acquisition of Nirmal Lifestyle (Mulund) by Pune-based developer, Mantra Properties and Developers Pvt Ltd. The company carries liabilities totaling Rs 1,491 crore, while the bidder proposed Rs 215 crore under the resolution plan to reinstate the…

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Ahmedabad Court Denies Bail to Popular Builders Owner

AHMEDABAD: A city sessions court on Tuesday denied the regular bail request of Raman Patel, the owner of Popular Builders, in a land-grabbing case filed by the CID (crime) last year. The court refused bail primarily due to Patel’s prior convictions, including a similar case in which he was found guilty of using forged documents to seize two plots. Patel and his brother Dashrath were named as witnesses in a 2010 CBI chargesheet related to the controversial Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. Over the last five years, Patel has faced multiple allegations of land grabbing linked to forged documentation concerning transactions…

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Gujarat HC: Ahmedabad civic body can’t revoke own orders

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has ruled that once an authority regularizes unauthorized construction by accepting the impact fee or denies such a request, it cannot review or revoke its decision. The court annulled an order by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) that cancelled a prior regularization of unauthorized construction at the Swastik Complex, a commercial building located in Maninagar. The court found that the authority lacked the jurisdiction to revoke a regularization order under Section 8(4) of the Gujarat Regularisation of Unauthorised Development Act, 2011 (GRUDA). The petition was brought by Unnati Shah and others in response to AMC’s…

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Ahmedabad Civic Body Struggles to Collect Property Rents

AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is leasing thousands of valuable commercial properties across the city for a mere monthly fee of Rs 100 to Rs 500. Facing a severe shortage of staff, the civic body is now implementing a digital transformation and taking on a few properties for redevelopment. An in-depth audit shows that the AMC possesses 3,778 commercial rental properties, with nearly half (1,830) located in the Central Zone of the city. A senior AMC official noted that many of these attractive locations are locked into long-term leases for “insignificant amounts.” Zonal estate departments, typically operating with just…

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Bombay HC gives NCDRC 60 days to rule on DB Ozone case

MUMBAI: Over 3,000 families residing in DB Ozone, Dahisar East, may finally see progress in their prolonged pursuit of an occupancy certificate (OC) following a Bombay High Court directive to the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to fast-track hearings and deliver a timely judgment. During a hearing on June 9, the High Court instructed the NCDRC to hold a formal hearing within 30 days and issue its final judgment within 60 days. This ruling has stirred hope among the residents who have been in limbo for more than 12 years after taking fit-out possession of their flats over a…

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Kerala collects ₹2,178.28 crore in building cess over five years

IDUKKI: The Kerala government has gathered Rs 2,178.28 crore from the building and other construction workers’ welfare cess over the past five years. However, pension arrears nearing Rs 840 crore remain unpaid to construction workers statewide. As per information obtained via the RTI Act by Kasaragod resident A S Mohammed Ashraf, approximately 20.59 lakh workers were registered with the Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board as of April 30, 2026. The welfare benefits, including pensions, are derived from the cess collected by the board. In spite of the significant revenue generated, nearly 4.15 lakh pensioners have not received their…